Azerbaijan reported that two drones fired from Iran struck a military-civilian airport in its Nakhchivan exclave, injuring two people. This appears to be the first Iranian attack on Azerbaijan since the recent war began.
Azerbaijan summoned Iran’s ambassador, warned it “reserves the right to respond,” and video footage shows a large explosion at the airport.
Nakhchivan is separated from mainland Azerbaijan by Armenia, and Azerbaijan has close military ties with Israel, which has complicated its relationship with Iran.
topyTheorist on
Seems like Iran is working hard to convince the world that when the US said the Iranian regime is dangeraous, they were right.
DefinitelyNotMeee on
What would Iran gain from attacking Azerbaijan?
Attacks on Gulf states and the US bases they host make at least some sense, but this?
I don’t want to call it a ‘false flag’ (although we know how deeply Iran was infiltrated during 12 day war), but it seems completely irrational and without merit.
JeanLeMauvais on
I think it’s a false flag. There are a 20 millions azeris in Iran, the country would lose a lot by doing that and encouraging a revolt in his territory. The iranians azeris live in rural area who are relatively not being bombed while the anti-regime iranians bourgeoisie live mostly in big cities so they can’t uprise for the obvious reason that they are massively bombed.
Or iranian military may have infos that we don’t have like an upcoming Azerbaidjan attack backed by Israel/USA (who are long time allies of azerbaidjan) to claim South Azerbaidjan back.
IAmTheHappiest on
This seems odd…
Azeries weren’t involved in any way, is generally in russias sphere of influence and have a huge ethnic population in Iran. There isn’t even a nearby country that would make sense if they missed.
The only angle I can see is they have extensive gas ties with Israel so they could financially pressure them but that seems like a long shot
tripled_dirgov on
Seems odd
After Turkey comes Azerbaijan
I don’t know if it’s really Iran or false flag operations from those two countries (since I don’t think both USA and Israel benefits from this, especially since Israel declared that after Iran Turkey might be next) that wanna join the war and/or taking advantages from the situation
Just a matter of time until Turkmenistan and Afghanistan releasing statements
petepro on
For anyone who confused about Iran’s motives. This is essentially no different than closing the strait of Hormuz. A desperate attempt to force other countries to pressure the US and Israel.
OwlMan_001 on
I wonder to what extent that’s part of an actual strategy and to what extent that’s the result of compartmentalization – with the leadership decapitated units independently pick targets without proper coordination based on ill-advised notions.
I can imagine old emergency plans for an all out war based on the assumption that any country that may plausibly be willing to support a war against Iran actually would.
MopOfTheBalloonatic on
This is absolutely crazy, it’s like Iran at this point is attempting a “suicide by cop”
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Azerbaijan reported that two drones fired from Iran struck a military-civilian airport in its Nakhchivan exclave, injuring two people. This appears to be the first Iranian attack on Azerbaijan since the recent war began.
Azerbaijan summoned Iran’s ambassador, warned it “reserves the right to respond,” and video footage shows a large explosion at the airport.
Nakhchivan is separated from mainland Azerbaijan by Armenia, and Azerbaijan has close military ties with Israel, which has complicated its relationship with Iran.
Seems like Iran is working hard to convince the world that when the US said the Iranian regime is dangeraous, they were right.
What would Iran gain from attacking Azerbaijan?
Attacks on Gulf states and the US bases they host make at least some sense, but this?
I don’t want to call it a ‘false flag’ (although we know how deeply Iran was infiltrated during 12 day war), but it seems completely irrational and without merit.
I think it’s a false flag. There are a 20 millions azeris in Iran, the country would lose a lot by doing that and encouraging a revolt in his territory. The iranians azeris live in rural area who are relatively not being bombed while the anti-regime iranians bourgeoisie live mostly in big cities so they can’t uprise for the obvious reason that they are massively bombed.
Or iranian military may have infos that we don’t have like an upcoming Azerbaidjan attack backed by Israel/USA (who are long time allies of azerbaidjan) to claim South Azerbaidjan back.
This seems odd…
Azeries weren’t involved in any way, is generally in russias sphere of influence and have a huge ethnic population in Iran. There isn’t even a nearby country that would make sense if they missed.
The only angle I can see is they have extensive gas ties with Israel so they could financially pressure them but that seems like a long shot
Seems odd
After Turkey comes Azerbaijan
I don’t know if it’s really Iran or false flag operations from those two countries (since I don’t think both USA and Israel benefits from this, especially since Israel declared that after Iran Turkey might be next) that wanna join the war and/or taking advantages from the situation
Just a matter of time until Turkmenistan and Afghanistan releasing statements
For anyone who confused about Iran’s motives. This is essentially no different than closing the strait of Hormuz. A desperate attempt to force other countries to pressure the US and Israel.
I wonder to what extent that’s part of an actual strategy and to what extent that’s the result of compartmentalization – with the leadership decapitated units independently pick targets without proper coordination based on ill-advised notions.
I can imagine old emergency plans for an all out war based on the assumption that any country that may plausibly be willing to support a war against Iran actually would.
This is absolutely crazy, it’s like Iran at this point is attempting a “suicide by cop”